Maria Dangond - Birth & Postpartum Doula

05/26/2021

En esta plática comunitaria nos adentraremos en el proceso ritual de la concepción, embarazo, parto y cuarentena. Entenderemos el porque el dar a luz es una ceremonia sagrada la cual debe ser atendida con amor y respeto por todas las personas presentes. La intención de esta plática es también entender nuestros cuerpos como nuestro primer hogar y territorio. La autonomía corporal se debe retomar para poder combatir los abusos médicos que muchas personas sufren en el momento del parto, antes y después.
Itinerario:
✨Orgasmos: medicina preventiva uterina a diario
✨Energía y cuidados en el embarazo
✨La ceremonia del parto desde la perspectiva Indígena Totonaca-Náhuatl.
✨La ceremonia de la cuarentena
✨ Cuidados y rituales para recién nacidos
Biografía de Montse:
Montse Olmos es Consejera de Lactancia y Acompañante Tradicional de Parto y sus raíces son de las comunidades Totonaca y Nahuatl. Montse tiene ocho años de experiencia trabajando con personas embarazadas indocumentadas en los Estados Unidos. Ella también se ha desempeñado como Consejera de Salud Emocional en la Organización Mixteca en Brooklyn y como Promotora de la Salud Comunitaria en el Centro de Desarrollo de la Mujer Dominicana en Washington Heights, Nueva York. El trabajo de Montse se centra en la herbolaria tradicional y en las prácticas ancestrales de parto y vida. Ofrece intercambios de conocimientos virtuales sobre el parto sin asistencia, la apropiación cultural del Rebozo y otros temas relacionados con la descolonización y el Futurismo Indígena. Puedes acceder a sus contenidos y clases en sus redes sociales: Instagram y Patreon: ”

12/23/2020

Last postpartum visit of 2020. Love seeing my client’s baby do so well and thrive. I honor the job we do as birth workers and so grateful to support families even during these different times. ✨

11/30/2020

In time for the holidays, we are launching our first crowdfunding effort, through GoFundMe, to offer free doula services to Hispanic folks in need.

Why is this so important? Mistreatment during childbirth is pervasive for people who don’t speak English and/or are BIPOC. Laboring people from our communities are routinely ignored, patronized, and denied the autonomy to make medical decisions about their bodies and their babies. And maternal mortality among Hispanic pregnant people in NYC is three times higher than among white pregnant people*

By contributing to this campaign, you will be directly supporting our efforts to provide no-cost doula services to Hispanic communities in need, and you will be helping to expand the community of professional, Spanish-speaking BIPOC doulas in New York.

*https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5380443/

09/08/2020

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08/31/2020

If a doctor is asking you to do something, you have the right to informed consent (or to say no). In order to have true informed consent, you have to have all of this information.

Do your doctors give you true informed consent?

07/07/2020

Link in bio to support her family. 🙏🏽

Read below!

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ShaAsia Washington was taken from this world too early due to neglectful care reportedly at Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn. She died during a cesarean section birthing her daughter Khloe ShaAsia Anne Lopez, at only 26 years old.

We are birth workers because Black women like her deserve better care. We are birth workers because the system that killed her needs to be turned inside out. We are birth workers because the facility and providers that killed her need to be held accountable. We are birth workers because birthing people deserve to be listened to. We do the work to honor legacies like ShaAsia’s. And there’s lots of work to be done.

Link to support her family is in our bio.

06/24/2020

WHY WE USE GENDER-NEUTRAL LANGUAGE. 💡☁️

In today’s birth world landscape, we know that women, trans men and nonbinary folks all may choose to give birth, so gendered terms to describe pregnant people are not always accurate. And throughout your work as a doula in the field, misgendering your client has the potential to harm and disregard their identity.

At DTI, we teach and understand that a doula’s role is to affirm all pregnant people, and gender-neutral language is the first place to start.

Head here to learn more about using gender-neutral language in your practice: https://doulatrainingsinternational.com/ask-a-dti-doula-why-should-doulas-use-gender-neutral-language/

06/11/2020

FREE CLASS:
Race, Gender + American Gynecology

Learn the untold history of “The Fathers of Gynecology” from the leading expert on the topic, Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens. She'll uncover how the institution of slavery is foundational to the advancement of medicine and the impact this history has made on our health institutions and health outcomes...

05/13/2020

This convo went DEEP. Some of the things they talk about:
-racism
-racism as a mental health concern
-the use of privilege in a positive way
-fears of light skin and dark skin people

Important conversation we all need to be part of. You can listen to it in their IG accounts. Click on their story, then click “watch live video.”

Thank you and for this!! ♥️

05/13/2020

You got this. Trust your body and don’t forget to take deep breaths!! 🙌🏼
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05/09/2020

THIS IS POWERFUL. So proud of this amazing Doula and the others, that together, are opening a much needed birthing center in the Bronx, NY. Your help is needed. Please read below:


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Help make another freestanding birth center in NYC possible! Here is how you can engage: 👉🏽(1)Make a short video that addresses: “Why is the Birth Center option SO necessary?” ✌🏽(2)TAG it up!! ✨ (a must) ✨and hashtags that define your position: and anything else you are passionate about: ✊🏽(3)Tag folks to participate!! A friend, coworker, birth client, influencer, an org, gov official... ANYONE you imagine can help energize or monetize this vision to reality!!!